Carmen Staaf with Ben Goldberg, Dillon Vado and Hamir Atwal

Taking cues from two uncompromising geniuses of the piano, Carmen Staaf presents a fabulous contemporary accounting of the importance of Mary Lou Williams and Thelonious Monk in the lineage of jazz on her new recording, Sounding Line (Sunnyside, September 2025). For her West Coast preview tour, she is joined by some of the illustrious musicians from the album - Ben Goldberg, Dillon Vado and Hamir Atwal - for a set of duos, trios and quartets exploring music by Williams and Monk, as well as originals. "A consummate jazz pianist" - Herbie Hancock.

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